Fazal Sheikh
Shamso, Zahara and Alima, Somali Refugee Village, Liboi, Kenya

Shamso, Zahara and Alima, Somali Refugee Village, Liboi, Kenya

© Fazal Sheikh

Shamso, Zahara and Alima, Somali Refugee Village, Liboi, Kenya
Shamso, Zahara and Alima, Somali Refugee Village, Liboi, Kenya
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Shamso, Zahara and Alima, Somali Refugee Village, Liboi, Kenya
  • from the series A Camel for the Son
Date1994, printed 2016
Place depictedLiboi, Kenya
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 5/8 × 18 15/16 in. (62.6 × 48.1 cm)
 Sheet: 30 9/16 × 24 15/16 in. (77.7 × 63.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.41
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: SHAMSO, ZAHARA, AND ALIMA, SOMALI REFUGEE CAMP, LIBOI, KENYA, 1994. ©Fazal Sheikh
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: SHAMSO, ZAHARA, AND ALIMA, SOMALI REFUGEE CAMP, LIBOI, KENYA, 1994. ©Fazal Sheikh

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